Check Out Odoo's Website: https://www.odoo.com/r/ljn ---------- Order 'Build, Don't Talk' (in English) here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu Order 'Build Don't Talk' (in Hindi) here: https://amzn.eu/d/4wZISO0 ---------- Smell good, feel confident. Use my code Raj10 to get additional 10% off all Blanko perfumes: https://hi.switchy.io/BlankoxRaj ---------- Subscribe To Our Other YouTube Channels:- https://www.youtube.com/@rajshamaniclips?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@RajShamani.Shorts?sub_confirmation=1 🎧 Stream Figuring Out episodes on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/736rhmW7vilNgkFFo8aDz4 📺 Watch Figuring Out episodes on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE0Jo6NF_JYO5-phess8GKafKMtPv3tfZ -------- Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:02 - Online vs offline marketing  02:53 - Right billboard making  06:32 - Book recommendations 07:41 - 3 lessons about management  09:42 - Why do businesses fail? 11:32 - Right hiring criteria 15:12 - Challenges of a startup founder 19:37 -  Top 5 departments  22:31 - Interview questions for different departments 24:18 - Zomato’s hiring strategy 26:09 - His and Odoo’s journey 31:23 - Marketing in Europe 32:17 - Odoo journey 36:51 - Importance of management tools  40:06 - Where do people burn money? 41:47 - Mistake in Odoo 43:33 - US,Europe and Indian Customers 47:33 - Entrepreneurship opportunities 48:34 - Key industries in India  50:59 - Decision making and Indian market 52:47 - Conclusion ----------- In today’s episode of Figuring Out, we have Odoo founder Fabien Pinckaers in conversation with Raj Shamani. Odoo is a growing business management software company. A company that is worth around 4 billion dollars.  In this episode, we talked about marketing in Europe, a few checkpoints to keep in mind while making an effective billboard. Fabien shared some key lessons about management, he also helped us understand some common reasons why many businesses fail, he shared some tricks to understand the best-performing member of the team, and some challenges every startup founder faces. Further, he shared a few departments that need to be worked on to grow the organisation and scale it up.  We talked about his story, how he came into entrepreneurship, the different businesses that he tried his hands on, and how he came up with Odoo. He shared about the high tax that is paid in European countries by businesses, and why different company sizes need business management software. Further, he shared about how Odoo will help businesses in India to grow, where do most businesses burn their money and what’s the difference between Indian, European, and American customers. We ended our conversation by talking about the opportunities in India and their competitor Zoho. For more such insightful conversations, subscribe to our channel and join us on this journey of Figuring Out. Follow Fabien Pinckaers On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/fpodoo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fpodoo/ Follow Odoo On:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/odoo.official/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/odoo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Odoo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/odoo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Odoo ----------- To Know More, Follow Raj Shamani On ⤵︎ Instagram @RajShamani https://www.instagram.com/rajshamani/ Twitter @RajShamani https://twitter.com/rajshamani Facebook @ShamaniRaj https://www.facebook.com/shamaniraj LinkedIn - Raj Shamani https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajshamani/ •   •   • #Podcast #FiguringOut #RajShamani #odoo